Software Engineer on the BigIP
Software Engineer on the BigIP
Quite a few good, smart engineers, and the product itself is interesting to work on.
The company has had strong growth and provides above-average benefits.
Extremely weak engineering management from the Director Level and up. Much is run by those who have grown up with the company, but they have failed to grow their management skills, and so all the teams suffer. The use of a date engineering process has been less than successful.
Clean the house and put adults with experience in charge. There is only one VP worth their salt in engineering and no directors. Leadership is non-existent, and those with the least amount of experience (project management) are allowed to drive the process while ignoring all advice. Hold failed teams accountable for their failures.
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Communication was great. The interview was staged into three technical interviews, then a management-level interview. The technical interviews all focused on questions about real problems they were solving, not just the theory BS that a lot of places
Senior Software Engineer
Applied online and got a phone call in a couple of days. First phone interview was about my resume, some technical questions, and two coding questions followed by Q&A. It lasted for about 90 minutes. The hiring manager was nice and easy to talk with
Senior Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2016Initially, I just did some phone calls with management and HR people, sounding one another out about what the others' goals were. I have an interest in low-level software, which seems to dovetail well with F5's product line. I felt there was a good m
Senior Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2014Communication was great. The interview was staged into three technical interviews, then a management-level interview. The technical interviews all focused on questions about real problems they were solving, not just the theory BS that a lot of places
Senior Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2014Applied online and got a phone call in a couple of days. First phone interview was about my resume, some technical questions, and two coding questions followed by Q&A. It lasted for about 90 minutes. The hiring manager was nice and easy to talk with
